#!/usr/bin/perl my $server = 'nfserver'; my $scp = '/usr/bin/scp'; my $time = localtime; my @mshost1 = ( "msname1", "/local/home/gloob", "/var/spool/cron/crontabs", "/local/home/admin/service.etc" ); my @mshost2 = ( "msname2", "/local/p0/home/gob", "/var/spool/cron/crontabs", "/local/p0/home/admin/service.etc" ); sub backup { my $client = shift; if ($client eq $client) { print "About to tar and scp the following folders: @dir\n\n"; system("ssh", $client, "tar -cvvf $client\.tar.gz @dir"); print("===============================\n"); system("ssh", $client, "scp $client\.tar.gz root\@$server:/export/products/backup/"); } else { print "could not backup $client\n"; } } sub get_dir_msd { $client = shift(@mshost1); @dir = @mshost1; print "@dir\n"; print "$client\n"; backup($client); } sub get_dir_msd2 { $client = shift(@mshost2); @dir = @mshost2; print "@dir\n"; print "$client\n"; backup($client); } get_dir_msd("mshost2"); get_dir_msd2("mshost1");